Yummy "Baked Potato"

BajaDreamin333

Obviously baked potatoes are on the naughty list for those of us trying to eat right and make every calorie count from a nutrition standpoint. I found a great alternative, and it can make an easy lunch too.

Bake a sweet potato or yam just like you would a regular Russet potato.
Instead of butter and sour cream, top it with a couple of wedges of Laughing Cow cheese. It gets all melty just like butter, and gives it a creamy texture and flavor. Sweet potatoes and yams are in the good part of the glycemic index, so they're considered "good" carbs.

Calories: 170
Fat; 4 grams

I had it with some cut up turkey, and it almost tased like Thanksgiving!

Really easy to bake more than one at night for lunches the rest of the week. Microwave it first, add the cheese after it's hot. Pretty darn satisfying for 170 calories.

maab_connor

1 medium sized baked potato is 150 calories. i fail to see why this would fall on a "naughty list". it's cheap, filling, and not many calories. it's a good complex carb. and when not fried it's very healthy.

UsedToBeHusky

I hate sweet potatoes, and eat white potatoes all the time. It didn't interfere with me losing 87 lbs.

How do you explain my weight loss if white potatoes are on the 'naughty list'?

jody664

1 medium sized baked potato is 150 calories. i fail to see why this would fall on a "naughty list". it's cheap, filling, and not many calories. it's a good complex carb. and when not fried it's very healthy.

I think her point is the extra butter and sour cream we all love adds a lot of fat and calories.

Vune

1 medium sized baked potato is 150 calories. i fail to see why this would fall on a "naughty list". it's cheap, filling, and not many calories. it's a good complex carb. and when not fried it's very healthy.

Ditto. Maybe not quite the nutritional gem that is a sweet potato, but it still has plenty of vitamins and minerals, especially if you eat the skin. I even put a small amount of real butter on mine.

_SusieQ_

1 medium sized baked potato is 150 calories. i fail to see why this would fall on a "naughty list". it's cheap, filling, and not many calories. it's a good complex carb. and when not fried it's very healthy.

I think her point is the extra butter and sour cream we all love adds a lot of fat and calories.

Perhaps that is her point. But is a processed food like Laughing cow really that much better? You can still add butter and sour cream, in small doses, for the calories in a couple wedges of LC.

Having said that, I love LC. Just making a point.

bcf7683

I eat either a sweet potato or red potato almost everyday for dinner. I don't consider it be on any list, good or bad. If you load it up with garbage like butter or sour cream, then it's garbage. If you put healthy things like salsa or fat free greek yogurt, it can be a staple in your diet.

Just like controlling portions, you need to control the things you add to your food. Potatoes are actually a very good source of carbs if you know what you're doing when you prepare them.

_Witsy_

1 medium sized baked potato is 150 calories. i fail to see why this would fall on a "naughty list". it's cheap, filling, and not many calories. it's a good complex carb. and when not fried it's very healthy.

I think her point is the extra butter and sour cream we all love adds a lot of fat and calories.

Actually she didn't mention that at all...she said a sweet potato was ok while a white potato is "naughty"... which it is not.

Jonette01

I know it's cliche but too much of anything (sweet potatoes and laughing cow cheese included...even too much water) could be bad for you. The problem with Americans - myself as well - is PORTION CONTROL! We eat in one meal what most countries eat all day. But I totally get what the OP is saying... neat twist on a classic fave.

deb3129

Potatoes are yummy and good for you, not bad. It is all the fat laden stuff that goes on them that is the problem. I eat baked potates frequently, I just put veggies and salsa on them instead of butter, cheese and sour cream.

Bakkasan

I used to hate sweet taters, but I have changed and they are awesome. They don't need anything. Cook in an oven and EAT!

WendyTerry420

Obviously baked potatoes are on the naughty list for those of us trying to eat right and make every calorie count from a nutrition standpoint. I found a great alternative, and it can make an easy lunch too.

Bake a sweet potato or yam just like you would a regular Russet potato.
Instead of butter and sour cream, top it with a couple of wedges of Laughing Cow cheese. It gets all melty just like butter, and gives it a creamy texture and flavor. Sweet potatoes and yams are in the good part of the glycemic index, so they're considered "good" carbs.

Calories: 170
Fat; 4 grams

I had it with some cut up turkey, and it almost tased like Thanksgiving!

Really easy to bake more than one at night for lunches the rest of the week. Microwave it first, add the cheese after it's hot. Pretty darn satisfying for 170 calories.

Wait, what? Baked potatoes are VERY healthy. And how is this a recipe?

odusgolp

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Eating a giant baked Russet Potato with Steak tonight. Nobody puts taters on the naughty list.

Bakkasan

The problem with Americans

Those WASCAWWY Americans!!

Tw1zzler

Fat is not the enemy... if you plan your meals you can still enjoy a loaded baked potato. Laughing Cow is good but I'd rather budget in some butter calories!

Krizzle4Rizzle

Will you spank me if I eat it?

Kelley528

Nothing naughty about white potatos. The ones I eat are only 110 calories. I have never been the type to add butter to things and I dont like sour cream. Like others have said, its about all the extras you add to foods and the portion sizes that can be "naughty".

I actually add red wine vinegar and onion flakes to my white potatos. Yummy

Cr01502

Potatoes are yummy and good for you, not bad. It is all the fat laden stuff that goes on them that is the problem. I eat baked potates frequently, I just put veggies and salsa on them instead of butter, cheese and sour cream.

I'll stick with the cheese, butter, and sour cream. Maybe the salsa could work.

XtyAnn17

So much drama over a potato post. Get a life people!

odusgolp

So much drama over a potato post. Get a life people!

Thank you for scolding people on the itnernets :flowerforyou:

UsedToBeHusky

So much drama over a potato post. Get a life people!

I'm sorry. What exactly is the drama about telling someone that they are spreading inaccurate nutrition information?

iulia_maddie

What did poor potato do to make it on the "naughty list"?

odusgolp

What did poor potato do to make it on the "naughty list"?

It melted the butter, that bast*ard.

wareagle8706

I understand everyone is trying to "educate" the OP, but what it really seems like is y'all are just jumping all over her. How about being a little more constructive in your education?

I think the OP is generally under the impression that the white potato is full of starchy carbs and usually people do not eat the skin whitle the sweet potato is made of a more complex carb. I am, of course, making an assumption here.

http://www.ehow.com/facts_5692410_nutrition-sweet-potato-white-potato.html

_Witsy_

So much drama over a potato post. Get a life people!

Thank you for scolding people on the itnernets :flowerforyou:

And for adding nothing to the discussion! :drinker:

Cr01502

Nutrition facts of white potato

http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable-products/2551/2

Nutrition facts for sweet potato

http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable-products/2667/2

They're practically identical.

The sweet potato has more vitamin A and 2 mg more Vitamin C

The white potato has slightly more vitamin k

The white potato has far more folate and choline

UsedToBeHusky

I understand everyone is trying to "educate" the OP, but what it really seems like is y'all are just jumping all over her. How about being a little more constructive in your education?

I think the OP is generally under the impression that the white potato is full of starchy carbs and usually people do not eat the skin whitle the sweet potato is made of a more complex carb. I am, of course, making an assumption here.

http://www.ehow.com/facts_5692410_nutrition-sweet-potato-white-potato.html

LOL! How is a sweet potato a more complex carb than a white potato? There are only simple carbs and complex carbs.

Cliffslosinit

Nobody puts Tater in the corner!

PikaKnight

I eat either a sweet potato or red potato almost everyday for dinner. I don't consider it be on any list, good or bad. If you load it up with garbage like butter or sour cream, then it's garbage. If you put healthy things like salsa or fat free greek yogurt, it can be a staple in your diet.

Just like controlling portions, you need to control the things you add to your food. Potatoes are actually a very good source of carbs if you know what you're doing when you prepare them.

Why is butter and sour cream garbage? O.o.

Really, what's with all this food shaming? It's really sad. Potatoes are a great source of potassium. Butter has good fats that you need. Sour cream is a source of calcium and fats.

LauraMacNCheese

Every time someone puts a recipe item in "quotes", God makes someone fall off a treadmill...

_SusieQ_

Every time someone puts a recipe item in "quotes", God makes someone fall off a treadmill...

I was wondering about the quotes myself. Usually that implies it isn't the real thing. But it's still a potato, and it's baked, so.....yea.